In 1954 Ed Andrews was the New York Yankees' first Negro League pitcher. Unfortunately Andrews never panned out as expected or he and not Elston Howard would have been the first black player in team history.

Former American Swimmer - Olympic Gold Medalist in 800 Meter Freestyle Race At The 1996 Summer Olympics. At The 2000 Summer Olympics, She Would Win 2 More Gold Medals In The 400 And 800 Meter Freestyle Races, With The Latter Coming In Olympic-Record Time

American Marathon Runner Who Won Gold At The 1984 Summer Olympics In Los Angeles The Year That The Women's Marathon Was Introduced. She Still Holds The Fastest Times For An American Woman At The Chicago Marathon And The Olympic Marathon

WWII - Mine Platoon of the Anti-Tank Company, 69th Infantry Division, 271st Regiment. First combat at the 'Siegfried Line' in February 1945; crossed the Rhine on March 27, 1945; arrived at the KZ Buchenwald one day after its liberation

Director/actor/writer 'Return to Tarawa: The Leon Cooper Story' 'Random Passage'/4 years Naval officer in WW2. Landing craft officer-Boat Group Commander for my ship-landing assault troops on the beaches of six Japanese island strongholds

U.S. Air Force brigadier general (Ret.)& author 'Around the World with LBJ: My Wild Ride As Air Force One Pilot', White House Aide, & Personal Confidant/Military aide & chief Air Force One pilot under President Lyndon B. Johnson

Canadian actor, writer, director and producer (born 1980), best known for the male lead in the LGBT horror series 'Dante's Cove'. He has also worked as a TV host on a number of shows like 'F.Y.E!', 'SpyTV', 'Bump!' and 'Crash Test Mommy'

Author;'Just A Kid, A Guard at the Nuremberg Trials' 18 years old when drafted in 1944, into infantry. Found himself standing guard over Nazi war criminals, & watched as atrocities were described in detail throughout the Nuremberg Trails

Actor: Dirty Harry, The Enforcer, Houseboat, Pork Chop Hill, 5 Branded Women, Hell is for Heroes, King of Kings, Madigan, Jigsaw, Capone, Any Which Way You Can, St. Ives, Rollercoaster, Goldengirl, The New Perry Mason, Murder She Wrote

Olympic Luger. (born June 9, 1992 in Burbank, California) is an American luger who has competed since 2003. Hansen recently won the USA Luge National Championship in October 2013 while having a broken foot

Actress - The Slime People, Pajama Party, Ride The Wild Surf, City Under The Sea, Dr. Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine, The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini (title role). Wife of A.I.P. president James H. Nicholson from 1964 until his death in 1972

Chelsea Alicia Hayes (born February 9, 1988) is an American track and field athlete who competes primarily in the long jump and 100-meter dash. Her personal records for the events are 7.10 m (23 ft 3? in) and 11.15 seconds, respectively

Canadian model ('Playboy', February 2007) and actress, best known for playing the humanoid Cylon Number Six in 'Battlestar Galactica', 'Suits', 'Burn Notice' and 'Dark Blue'. She also stars on the Fox TV series 'Lucifer' (regular cast since season 2)